[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by ColdNoMore

I am full-time also, but I'm baffled at your attempted reasoning that because we live here year around...we 'deserve' some kind of special consideration.

The fact that part-timers are obligated to pay their dues year around, just as if they were here, yet we enjoy the benefits of having less people with the same exact amenities (it's not like they close any courses/rec centers/etc. due to a lower population)...should make you ecstatic, not feeling that they should be 'punished.'

The part-timers do have a valid complaint about helping subsidize us full-timers, but it's really no different than when I paid my club dues up north all year...even when I couldn't play for months at a time.

In one respect, I'm grateful for the disparity as it keeps my priority membership lower...but I can also empathize with those who don't feel the same way.

I guess that's just a side-effect of recognizing that the world is gray...not black & white as so many others would prefer.

Priority membership is a choice. It isn't required and many find it helpful. We purchased it with no complaint when we were snowbirds.